Klarinet Archive - Posting 001251.txt from 2000/06

From: mus_ldj@-----.edu
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Eiffers
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 13:20:31 -0400

OK, send me the prices on the Buffet Eb, the other Ab/G horns as soon as you
return.

"Robert S. Howe" wrote:

> I have a large number of Eb clarinets in my collection of woodwinds. A
> few play (*). Earlier instuments have a sweeter, less piercing sound.
> The finest clarinet I have ever owned, now in the Detroit Symphony, was
> a Buffet D clarinet. A much different sound than my modern Buffet and
> Selmer Ebs, more of a C clarinet sound. Eb really should NOT be used
> for D clarinet in Mahler, Strauss and Stravinsky, they do sound
> differently.
>
> Curiously, the French military band reorganization in 1861 set up a
> standard band of:
> 2 flutes/piccs
> 2 oboes
> 4 Eb clarinets
> 2 Bb clarinets
> 2 each of saprano, alto, tenor and baritone Saxophones
> and a lot of brass and percussion.
>
> This is the only standard ensemble I am aware of that used more Eiffers
> than Beefers. I would love to try some of their arrangements.
>
> I am willing to sell those marked $$, but please write privately and
> wait until I return from vacation July 18.
>
> Robert Howe
>
> PICCOLO CLARINETS (#keys, rings):
> Schrammelklarinette, anon, Austrian (clar in hi Ab or G, I am unsure)
> F, 5 key, box&brass 1820s
> F, W Hall 8 key box, ivory, br 1847-74
> *Eb, Klemm Bros 6k, box, iv, Ag 1819-22
> Eb, David (Dijon) 1836-7 rosewood integral barrel Muller syst
> Eb, Graves 6 key, box, iv,Ag 1830-50
> *Eb, E Albert 1864
> Eb, anon blckwd integral barrel Muller syst early19C $$
> Eb, anon Viennese, 19th cent, simple systeme $$
> *Eb, Buthod & Thibouville Muller, bx iv br 1857-67 $$
> Eb, French, mid19c, Muller sys, box, maillechort $$
> Eb, French, mid 1800s, Muller system $$
> *Eb, palisander,br Buffet-Cr Boehm mid 19C
> Eb, Martin, 1870s $$
> *Eb, H Pourcelle, simple system 1850-1900 $$
> *Eb, grenadilla Stecher Oehler(15+4,pat C#) 1890s ex Mobius**
> Eb, Kaiml (Hungarian) LATE 19C-early 20c
> *Eb, Pedlar Boehm 1920s metal $$
> *Eb, grenadilla Buffet-Crampon Oehler (15+5,pat C#)1920s ex Smith
> *Eb, Buffet-Crampon Boehm 1930s
> Eb, Bettony 13+4, pC# 1930s, plastic $$
> *Eb, gren, Selmer (Paris) Series 9 Boehm 1964 ex Gigliotti, Moennig
> Eb/D, 5 key, "crown" (?Dresden) box, horn, brass
> D, Higham 12+2, no pC#, gold plate 1860s
>
> **used in first American performances of Mahler's later symphonies.
>
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